Between Towns & Villages: other voices from South Kilkenny

Many voices from the Piltown Municipal District contributed to the first episode of our new series, ’Between Towns & Villages’.

Natasha Newsome Drennan is the only Carlow/Kilkenny TD who lives in the Piltown Municipal District. Earlier this week, Deputy Newsome Drennan spoke to KCLR News about the main issues that she is dealing with locally, the difficulties facing suckler farmers and the wider farming community and what she has learned since being elected to the Dáil. (We spoke prior to additional signage being added to the N25 at Glenmore within proximity of the static speed camera)

David Sinnott is Chief Executive of the Port of Waterford, the Piltown Municipal District’s primary economic driver. The vast Belview campus has grown into a facility of regional and national significance and is set for further growth in the immediate to medium term.

David spoke to us about the Port’s expansion plans and what these works will mean for its long term future.

Frank Kennedy is a passionate advocate for the Ferrybank and immigrant communities. Frank filled us in on life in Ferrybank, the establishment of the area’s Men’s Shed, seeking additional members, the development of the Clover Centre and what the locality’s future hopefully holds in store.

One of the newest businesses to open in Ferrybank is Decode Coffee on Fountain Street and it’s being run by Vartika Saxena, whom I recently called into for a chat and a coffee.

A short walk up the road, Colin Molloy has been happily running his butcher’s business for the past 13 years. He told KCLR News about setting up shop in Ferrybank, the community spirit he palpably experiences each day at work and why he won’t be moving into the Ferrybank Shopping Centre when it opens.

Sarah Dermody is Chair of Mullinavat Matters, which was established in 2022 to advocate for the local community and to help drive initiatives which will enhance life in the South Kilkenny village.

Sarah spoke to KCLR News about the most pressing matters facing the community, which issues she feels demand the most immediate attention and why she decided to return to her roots.

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